Eric Burton, Season 9 Champion with 15+ wins, came into the media center this afternoon at New Hampshire Speedway to say that this will be his final full time season for now that he plans to step down from SCS action after 2018 and also said he won't be owning Athenian Motorsports in 2019. So for 2 years in a row Athenian Motorsports is left with an owner planning on leaving them at Seasons end and the team yet again in in jepodary of getting sold off to another organization.

As for Eric Burton he plans to finish his career with Athenian as he plans to win a couple more races before he steps down. Burton sits 24th in points with an average finish of 20.40 after only 6 races.